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Chilled Thursday

Hey Yielded Family. How’s your week so far? I have had quite a rough week but I’m still and holding on to the promises of God. I realised this week, that in battle what sustains you is not the press ups you just did 5 mins ago nah. What keeps you standing is the training you’ve done over months and years. You have to build capacity so that when the day adversity comes you are able to not only stand but keep proclaiming the Name of the Lord.

It’s in the books we read. It’s in the sermons we listen to. Our day to day. Our moment to moment. Even in our resting – in our chilled Thursday. On this chilled Thursday I want to say to you, do not go back to Egypt. Whatever that means to you. Refuse to allow the small needs on the journey make you think slavery and abuse is a place to consider going back to. Don’t go back to the place of garlic and onion and spices yet also a place of heartache and pain. Don’t go back to the addiction. Don’t go back to darkness. Don’t go back to Pharaoh. Why? Because the new has already begun.

Think about it. What really will you be going back to? Shame? The mess? Slavery? What’s there to desire? I’m reminded of the children of Israel today. They always had alternatives. They always came up with other plans. How to create a god for ourselves, how to go back to Egypt , how to demand for this and that and if we don’t get it we become rude. I don’t think that’s a way to live. Any back up we create to substitute the plan of God is a pathway to failure and defeat. Why are we always thinking that God will let us down?

Today as you chill and go about your day, l want you to consider these things. Is it Egypt that feels like home or is Egypt all you’ve ever known? And if you need a prayer:

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Worship Wednesday

Hey family. I know today is worship Wednesday but l want you to find your own playlist and time to spend with God. By all means please build intimacy with God. It’s so important. It’s more important than waiting on tables. Martha was not wrong for making dinner , the problem was not discerning the time to do so. There’s a time to Labour in the vineyard and a time to prioritise intimacy. Imagine a marriage where the woman is always busy in the kitchen, busy with children , busy with cleaning and doesn’t have a few minutes to spend with her husband, you know what will happen to that marriage right? Anytime the relationship is hanging on the peg , check the amount of time spent in intimacy and the intentionality!

“The Lord answered her, “Martha, my beloved Martha. Why are you upset and troubled, pulled away by all these many distractions?”
‭‭Luke‬ ‭10‬:‭41‬ ‭TPT‬‬

Im swamped with some notes to read but I had to show up to remind you that today is today 😂. I love you. 💓

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Chilled Thursday

“Consistency in anything is hard.”

The topic of consistency cannot be separated from discipline. Consistency is a principle of priority. It is a fundamental concept of growth. Anything you’re consistently doing builds a strong system with almost an unbreakable foundation. I learned consistency through leading the Prayer Band back in 2019-2020. I learned that in building a structure, you may get sick, you may feel tired, you may not feel as motivated as you did when you started, you may want to give up and you may even feel like you can be like everyone else , “inconsistent and unreliable” but consistency demands that you show up anyways. Consistency “demands” it is like a law. You MUST.

A sister of mine just got back to the gym. She has been showing up consistently to work out not stopping until she sees the results she wants. What does that tell us? She is committed. Likewise, consistency and commitment are sisters. You commit to be consistent. An inconsistent person is an uncommitted person. If you’re not committed to your spouse you’ll be inconsistent in showing up in the relationship. This goes for all things including our relationship with God. {Side note; I didn’t plan this blog today I’m just flowing , let’s see where that gets us lol}

When l started writing on Yielded l committed to posting Monday-Friday except when l have conference at church or I’m really unwell. Believe it or not, I’ve showed up to write even when l myself needed the encouragement. I got to understand that our commitment to our dreams benefits others too. People can drink from your well and be quenched simply because you committed to a consistent prayer life, business, to education. How consistent are you in anything at all? Are you unreliable? Can we trust you to show up at 15:00hrs to do what you promised to do or you’ll call at 15:30 saying you forgot? How do we miss opportunities? By being unprepared. We are unprepared because we never committed to training while we wait.

How committed are you to God? Since the beginning of the year till now someone has to motivate you to pray? You’re unserious. You’re not committed and it’s not entirely the devil’s fault, we are just not committed because we don’t want to. Read the line at the top. It is very difficult to be consistent but shall we dodge it to stay with what’s easy? What’s easy rarely lasts. It has no impact or lasting results. Sooner or later that building will crumble. Well sooner rather than later. How committed are you to ensuring that you’re in good health? (As for me , Lord help me on this one) To your mental advancement? Do you read? Good mind transforming materials not books that teach you 100% that all your mind can grasp is novels. How about commitment to church? Or the weather determines whether you show up or not? How consistent are we in business? (I need to be serious)

On this chilled Thursday, l need us to think. To really sit and ponder. To Selah. What am l doing inconsistently that could be great if I just committed to it? In what ways can l better myself and am l willing to pay the price to get the results l want? Do l need to be babied through life or am l ready to grow up and break ground. Remember as you chill today, that you are sometimes the weapon fashioned against yourself or the mountain threatening your destiny. Nobody is coming to save you again, you’re already saved. Stop being reluctant, hesitant and cowardly.

Find a book. Pray. Study. Enrol in free courses if need be. Commit to eating healthy food and drinking water. Commit to listening to sermons. Push your business. Anything you need to do , build consistency through commitment.

There is day and night daily yes? See consistency? Exactly. ❤️

All the best and hey …

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Worship Wednesday

Hey family! I’ve got a couple of plugs for you today for your private praise pareeeeee!!! I listen to a lot of Nigerian gospel and if I’m gonna be dancing, I’m definitely playing those. How about writing all the things God did for you this month? Small and Big! Just note them and say LORD IM GRATEFUL. Be the leper that comes back to say Thank You. 1/10 came back. This shows that not so many people come back to say thank you. Jesus asked, “Were not all ten cleansed? Where are the other nine? Has no one returned to give praise to God except this foreigner?”
‭‭Luke‬ ‭17‬:‭17‬-‭18‬ ‭NIV‬‬

I don’t know about you but worship feels like a place of rest for me. A refreshing place. A drink of cold water on a hot day. When l pour out my heart to God, how much l love and adore Him, somehow He also pours back to me. Sometimes the secret place is a place of few words but correct posture. A place where we experience deeper dimensions of God. It is a place to spend time in and by saying so, l mean take as much time as possible in worship. Don’t rush it. Don’t allow distractions. “Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe,”
‭‭Hebrews‬ ‭12‬:‭28‬ ‭NIV‬‬

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Worshipping through pain

“David noticed that his attendants were whispering among themselves, and he realized the child was dead. “Is the child dead?” he asked. “Yes,” they replied, “he is dead.” Then David got up from the ground. After he had washed, put on lotions and changed his clothes, he went into the house of the Lord and worshiped. Then he went to his own house, and at his request they served him food, and he ate.”
‭‭2 Samuel‬ ‭12‬:‭19‬-‭20‬ ‭NIV‬‬

It’s always a pleasure to worship when things are going well. When we’re happy . When you just got the new job, when you have been promoted, when the godly good man finally proposes, when the child you prayed for is in your arms, when the bills are paid off or when the doctor says ,”You are cancer free.” Those are ideal moments to worship and lift our hands and joyfully express our gratitude yes? But there are times when it feels like the world is crashing on you. When the only joygiving thing you hear is your heart beat, “Thank God I’m still alive.”

I always think of Job. The man had just heard that literally all he had was gone but he didn’t throw a tantrum, he didn’t go seeking for spiritualists or witch doctors, he didn’t even call his friends to tell them how displeased he was about God, he tore his robes and worshipped. Lately I’ve been feeling the heat of the fire and the coldness of the water. When ever it feels like my shoulders are too tired I bow before God and encourage myself in the Lord by saying His names. “Lord You are Good. Lord You are Wonderful. Lord You are Faithful.”

David just lost his son but he finds himself in a worship posture. I thought that’s the time to wail and type statuses about how unfaithful God is and why me’s. Waiting is hard. It does not only test our loyalty to God , it tests our endurance. When you keep getting bad reports does that suffocate your worship?

It’s easy to talk about worshiping in the midst of your pain . It’s easy to write blog posts, preach sermons, discuss, and sing songs about the trial and the pain. It’s even easier to advise others to do it. But what does one actually do when the situation in their lives is increasingly overwhelming.

  • When your pillows are wet from crying because you have no words to express how you feel, what does your worship look like?
  • When you lose a son or daughter, parent, spouse , what does your worship look like?
  • When you receive a terrible diagnosis and the doctor says you don’t have long to live, what does your worship look like?
  • When you suddenly lose your job, business goes down and you are between a rock and a hard place, what does your worship look like?
  • When you experience a cycle of failure and you are devoted to prayer and fasting but you’re just not arising, what does your worship look like?
  • What about being in the forefront and you are the one encouraging others to keep going, keep fighting but you aren’t getting that same encouragement and you feel weary because you have poured and poured and no one sees that you also need a refill, what does your worship look like?

By worshiping him in the midst of our suffering we force ourselves to, for a time, stop looking at ourselves and fix our eyes on the one who is faithful and steadfast – never changing in his love for us. When l lost a good job l had prayed and fasted for, I was shattered. I questioned so many things like ,”But I prayed. I testified. You know how much this was an aid in my life. Why take what feels like a gift.” I then remembered how many times l prayed “let your will be done” but did I really want His will done even if it meant losing a couple of things or going through a few trials?

I don’t know what this means for you. All l can say is, our worship to God is more than just “l feel like this and that,” it is our devotion to Him. I love it when the Bible says David encouraged himself in the Lord. How? He worshipped. Praising God through the tears is one of the most beautiful lessons I’ve learned in my faith journey. With tears in my eyes I arise and dance mightily, done it many many times. Will I worship God if everything goes wrong in my life? Would you? It’s easy to worship God when everything’s going your way. It’s easy to be a fair-weather believer. But what happens when everything goes badly in your life? Would you still trust God? That’s the ultimate test of faith. You’re going to be tested. That’s guaranteed. At some point in your life, everything is going to fall apart.

Choose to stay by His feet. Don’t you waiver. Cry if you wanna but don’t you leave. Stay right there. Give Him the glory. He has seen and He has heard.

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